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caplaw
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Is there any tool to do vmdk health check?

Hi Experts,

I'm migrating all our VMs from ESXi 5.5 to 6.5. Everything going smooth initially. I migrating VMs one by one without any problem. Until the last one... an Exchange server. When I start the migration task an error occurred said the the vmdk can not be found. Then I double check the datastore and confirm the vmdk is there.

I think this VM may be corrupted for a long time ago because whenever I do Veeam backup of it will cause corruption of redo log and the VM will crash. Most people said my datastore capacity is not enough for snapshot cause this problem but I'm sure that the free space is good enough. It's free space is double the VM size.

Fortunately, the server is now running normally however I only can perform Windows backup of it's databases and I can't migrate it to 6.5 host.

Is there any tools that I can check the integrity and repair the VM or the vmdk file? 

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I'm afraid there's not much one can help without further details.
Anyway, did you already try to migrate the VM in a powered off state? This should not need a helper snapshot, so it may be worth a try.

André

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Yes, the VM migrate in powered off state. Just check the log didn't catch anything about this error.

For the backup cause redo log corruption, I do found the following in the log. According to the log records, create snapshot before backup didn't have problem. The problem is the process afterward.

 

2021-02-21T16:22:10.586Z| mks| I120: MKS-SWB: Redundant blanking set, ignore.

2021-02-21T16:22:25.454Z| vmx| I120: SnapshotVMX_TakeSnapshot start: 'VEEAM BACKUP TEMPORARY SNAPSHOT', deviceState=0, lazy=0, logging=0, quiesced=0, forceNative=0, tryNative=1, sibling=0 saveAllocMaps=0 cb=24472E30, cbData=325A1800

2021-02-21T16:22:25.455Z| vcpu-0| I120: Destroying virtual dev for scsi0:0 vscsi=8196

2021-02-21T16:22:25.455Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMon_VSCSIStopVports: No such target on adapter

2021-02-21T16:22:25.456Z| vcpu-0| I120: Destroying virtual dev for scsi0:1 vscsi=8197

2021-02-21T16:22:25.456Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMon_VSCSIStopVports: No such target on adapter

2021-02-21T16:22:25.474Z| vcpu-0| I120: SnapshotVMXTakeSnapshotWork: Transition to mode 0.

2021-02-21T16:22:25.488Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-flat.vmdk" : open successful (21) size = 536870912000, hd = 0. Type 3

2021-02-21T16:22:25.488Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-flat.vmdk" : closed.

2021-02-21T16:22:25.493Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-flat.vmdk" : open successful (21) size = 2199023255552, hd = 0. Type 3

2021-02-21T16:22:25.493Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-flat.vmdk" : closed.

2021-02-21T16:22:25.494Z| vcpu-0| I120: Closing all the disks of the VM.

2021-02-21T16:22:25.494Z| vcpu-0| I120: Closing disk scsi0:1

2021-02-21T16:22:25.501Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CBT : Shutting down change tracking for untracked fid 289954455.

2021-02-21T16:22:25.501Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CBT : Successfully disconnected CBT node.

2021-02-21T16:22:25.735Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-flat.vmdk" : closed.

2021-02-21T16:22:25.735Z| vcpu-0| I120: Closing disk scsi0:0

2021-02-21T16:22:25.740Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CBT : Shutting down change tracking for untracked fid 326785688.

2021-02-21T16:22:25.740Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CBT : Successfully disconnected CBT node.

2021-02-21T16:22:25.895Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-flat.vmdk" : closed.

2021-02-21T16:22:25.897Z| vcpu-0| I120: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotConfigInfoReadEx: Creating new snapshot dictionary, '/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010.vmsd.usd'.

2021-02-21T16:22:25.947Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-flat.vmdk" : open successful (65557) size = 536870912000, hd = 0. Type 3

2021-02-21T16:22:25.947Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-flat.vmdk" : closed.

2021-02-21T16:22:25.949Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-flat.vmdk" : open successful (65557) size = 2199023255552, hd = 0. Type 3

2021-02-21T16:22:25.949Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-flat.vmdk" : closed.

2021-02-21T16:22:26.203Z| vcpu-0| I120: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotDumperOpenFromInfo: Creating checkpoint file /vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-Snapshot24.vmsn

2021-02-21T16:22:26.228Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-flat.vmdk" : open successful (29) size = 536870912000, hd = 0. Type 3

2021-02-21T16:22:26.232Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : DiskLibCreateCreateParam: vmfssparse grain size set to : 1

2021-02-21T16:22:26.233Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : CREATE CHILD: "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-000001.vmdk" -- vmfsSparse cowGran=1 allocType=0 policy=''

2021-02-21T16:22:26.233Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : Resuming change tracking.

2021-02-21T16:22:26.235Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : CREATE-CHILD: Creating disk backed by 'default'

2021-02-21T16:22:26.274Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS_SPARSE : VmfsSparseExtentCreate: "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-000001-delta.vmdk" : success

2021-02-21T16:22:26.285Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-000001.vmdk" : creation successful.

2021-02-21T16:22:26.312Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-000001-delta.vmdk" : open successful (17) size = 1028096, hd = 0. Type 8

2021-02-21T16:22:26.957Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-000001-delta.vmdk" : closed.

2021-02-21T16:22:26.957Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-flat.vmdk" : closed.

2021-02-21T16:22:26.960Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-flat.vmdk" : open successful (29) size = 2199023255552, hd = 0. Type 3

2021-02-21T16:22:26.963Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : DiskLibCreateCreateParam: sesparse grain size set to : 8

2021-02-21T16:22:26.964Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : CREATE CHILD: "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-000001.vmdk" -- seSparse cowGran=8 allocType=0 policy=''

2021-02-21T16:22:26.964Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : Resuming change tracking.

2021-02-21T16:22:26.966Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : CREATE-CHILD: Creating disk backed by 'default'

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120: Const Header:

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ constMagic = 0xcafebabe

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ version = 2.1

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ capacity = 4294967296

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ grainSize = 8

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ grainTableSize = 64

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ flags = 0

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120: Extents:

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ Header : <1 : 1>

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ JournalHdr : <2 : 2>

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ Journal : <2048 : 2048>

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ GrainDirectory : <4096 : 2048>

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ GrainTables : <6144 : 8388608>

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ FreeBitmap : <8394752 : 131072>

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ BackMap : <8525824 : 8388608>

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ Grain : <16914432 : 4294967296>

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120: Volatile Header:

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ volatileMagic = 0xcafecafe

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ FreeGTNumber = 0

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ nextTxnSeqNumber = 0

2021-02-21T16:22:26.979Z| vcpu-0| I120+ replayJournal = 0

2021-02-21T16:22:26.997Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-SESPARSE : seSparseExtentCreate: "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-000001-sesparse.vmdk" : success

2021-02-21T16:22:27.006Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-000001.vmdk" : creation successful.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.032Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-000001-sesparse.vmdk" : open successful (17) size = 8660189184, hd = 0. Type 18

2021-02-21T16:22:27.572Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-000001-sesparse.vmdk" : closed.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.574Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-flat.vmdk" : closed.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.576Z| vcpu-0| A115: ConfigDB: Setting displayName = "CPEX2010"

2021-02-21T16:22:27.576Z| vcpu-0| A115: ConfigDB: Setting scsi0:0.fileName = "CPEX2010-000001.vmdk"

2021-02-21T16:22:27.577Z| vcpu-0| A115: ConfigDB: Setting scsi0:1.fileName = "CPEX2010_1-000001.vmdk"

2021-02-21T16:22:27.632Z| vcpu-0| I120: Checkpoint_Unstun: vm stopped for 2177898 us

2021-02-21T16:22:27.633Z| vcpu-0| I120: SCSI: switching scsi0 to push completion mode

2021-02-21T16:22:27.637Z| vcpu-0| A115: ConfigDB: Setting scsi0:0.redo = ""

2021-02-21T16:22:27.637Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISK: OPEN scsi0:0 '/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-000001.vmdk' persistent R[]

2021-02-21T16:22:27.641Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-000001-delta.vmdk" : open successful (10) size = 1028096, hd = 302930586. Type 8

2021-02-21T16:22:27.641Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "CPEX2010-000001-delta.vmdk" (0xa)

2021-02-21T16:22:27.641Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LINK : Opened '/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-000001.vmdk' (0xa): vmfsSparse, 1048576000 sectors / 500 GB.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.644Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-flat.vmdk" : open successful (14) size = 536870912000, hd = 298867355. Type 3

2021-02-21T16:22:27.644Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "CPEX2010-flat.vmdk" (0xe)

2021-02-21T16:22:27.644Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LINK : Opened '/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010.vmdk' (0xe): vmfs, 1048576000 sectors / 500 GB.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.645Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChain: numLinks = 2, numSubChains = 1

2021-02-21T16:22:27.645Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChain:(0) fid = 298867355, extentType = 2

2021-02-21T16:22:27.645Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChain:(1) fid = 302930586, extentType = 0

2021-02-21T16:22:27.646Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : Resuming change tracking.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.649Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CBT : Initializing ESX kernel change tracking for fid 302930586.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.649Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CBT : Successfuly created cbt node 10e05a9c-cbt.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.649Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CBT : Opening cbt node /vmfs/devices/cbt/10e05a9c-cbt

2021-02-21T16:22:27.649Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : Opened "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-000001.vmdk" (flags 0xa, type vmfs).

2021-02-21T16:22:27.649Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISK: Disk '/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-000001.vmdk' has UUID '60 00 c2 99 3c bc 40 50-3b d7 a6 bb 0a c3 0e d4'

2021-02-21T16:22:27.649Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISK: OPEN '/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-000001.vmdk' Geo (65270/255/63) BIOS Geo (0/0/0)

2021-02-21T16:22:27.650Z| vcpu-0| I120: Creating virtual dev for scsi0:0

2021-02-21T16:22:27.650Z| vcpu-0| I120: DumpDiskInfo: scsi0:0 createType=11, capacity = 1048576000, numLinks = 2, allocationType = 0

2021-02-21T16:22:27.650Z| vcpu-0| I120: SCSIDiskESXPopulateVDevDesc: Using FS backend

2021-02-21T16:22:27.650Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKUTIL: scsi0:0 : geometry=65270/255/63

2021-02-21T16:22:27.650Z| vcpu-0| A115: ConfigDB: Setting scsi0:1.redo = ""

2021-02-21T16:22:27.650Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISK: OPEN scsi0:1 '/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-000001.vmdk' persistent R[]

2021-02-21T16:22:27.654Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-000001-sesparse.vmdk" : open successful (10) size = 8660189184, hd = 287070879. Type 18

2021-02-21T16:22:27.654Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "CPEX2010_1-000001-sesparse.vmdk" (0xa)

2021-02-21T16:22:27.654Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LINK : Opened '/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-000001.vmdk' (0xa): seSparse, 4294967296 sectors / 2 TB.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.657Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-flat.vmdk" : open successful (14) size = 2199023255552, hd = 306404000. Type 3

2021-02-21T16:22:27.657Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "CPEX2010_1-flat.vmdk" (0xe)

2021-02-21T16:22:27.657Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LINK : Opened '/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1.vmdk' (0xe): vmfs, 4294967296 sectors / 2 TB.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.657Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChain: numLinks = 2, numSubChains = 1

2021-02-21T16:22:27.657Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChain:(0) fid = 306404000, extentType = 2

2021-02-21T16:22:27.657Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChain:(1) fid = 287070879, extentType = 1

2021-02-21T16:22:27.658Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : Resuming change tracking.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.661Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CBT : Initializing ESX kernel change tracking for fid 287070879.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.661Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CBT : Successfuly created cbt node 12215aa1-cbt.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.661Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CBT : Opening cbt node /vmfs/devices/cbt/12215aa1-cbt

2021-02-21T16:22:27.661Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : Opened "/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-000001.vmdk" (flags 0xa, type vmfs).

2021-02-21T16:22:27.662Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISK: Disk '/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-000001.vmdk' has UUID '60 00 c2 90 39 d6 5c 5f-76 d3 ce 2f 83 8b 46 bf'

2021-02-21T16:22:27.662Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISK: OPEN '/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-000001.vmdk' Geo (267349/255/63) BIOS Geo (0/0/0)

2021-02-21T16:22:27.662Z| vcpu-0| I120: Creating virtual dev for scsi0:1

2021-02-21T16:22:27.662Z| vcpu-0| I120: DumpDiskInfo: scsi0:1 createType=11, capacity = 4294967296, numLinks = 2, allocationType = 2

2021-02-21T16:22:27.662Z| vcpu-0| I120: StateLogger::VM has thin disk scsi0:1; FT enable will be disallowedSCSIDiskESXPopulateVDevDesc: Using FS backend

2021-02-21T16:22:27.662Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKUTIL: scsi0:1 : geometry=267349/255/63

2021-02-21T16:22:27.670Z| vcpu-0| I120: SnapshotVMXTakeSnapshotWork: Transition to mode 1.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.670Z| vcpu-0| I120: SnapshotVMXTakeSnapshotComplete: Done with snapshot 'VEEAM BACKUP TEMPORARY SNAPSHOT': 24

2021-02-21T16:22:27.679Z| vcpu-2| I120: TOOLS call to unity.show.taskbar failed.

2021-02-21T16:22:27.797Z| vcpu-0| I120: HBACommon: First write on scsi0:0.fileName='/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010-000001.vmdk'

2021-02-21T16:22:27.797Z| vcpu-0| I120: DDB: "longContentID" = "eb009a72d2e2e8d91dfbe2d971333318" (was "3157e6ad8e0308d8f3708d399fd1d682")

2021-02-21T16:22:27.821Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CHAIN : DiskChainUpdateContentID: old=0x9fd1d682, new=0x71333318 (eb009a72d2e2e8d91dfbe2d971333318)

2021-02-21T16:22:30.028Z| vcpu-6| I120: HBACommon: First write on scsi0:1.fileName='/vmfs/volumes/55e6643c-a488fe4c-ce2a-0025b31ffbba/CPEX2010/CPEX2010_1-000001.vmdk'

2021-02-21T16:22:30.028Z| vcpu-6| I120: DDB: "longContentID" = "580923ecef7042a8218c42e49ea4b11b" (was "7bddba1714dbbe10f7349abd8df42295")

2021-02-21T16:22:30.062Z| vcpu-6| I120: DISKLIB-CHAIN : DiskChainUpdateContentID: old=0x8df42295, new=0x9ea4b11b (580923ecef7042a8218c42e49ea4b11b)

2021-02-21T16:59:30.331Z| vcpu-2| I120: Msg_Question:

2021-02-21T16:59:30.335Z| vcpu-2| I120: [msg.hbacommon.corruptredo] The redo log of CPEX2010_1-000001.vmdk is corrupted. If the problem persists, discard the redo log.

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bryanvaneeden
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Don't think that this should be in the NSX section though. 

In regards to your issue, generally speaking a vmdk cannot be corrupt if it is running, and you can reboot the VM without any issues. There must be something off in the configuration of either the VM or the ESXi host that prevents you from backing it up.

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wila
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Hi,

Moved thread to ESXi discussions.

@ bryan, as an fyi, you can report it if a thread is in the wrong location via the "Report inappropriate content" option and normally one of the moderators will move the post to the correct area.

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